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Somerset rates to rise as council hands down budget

Premium Content Subscriber only Somerset residents will pay an extra 1.5 per cent in rates for 2021-2022 after the council handed down its budget on Wednesday. But Somerset Regional Council will operate at a small deficit of $100,000, with an aim to be in surplus by 2023. Landowners rates will be impacted by the official state land valuation increases that will affect rate payers differently across the region for the upcoming financial year. In addition, landowners will pay an extra 40 cents in rural fire brigade levies, which is heavily backed by rural brigades own fundraising measures. Mayor Graeme Lehmann said the budget also included $41 million in infrastructure spending including major upgrades to Lowood-Minden Road and the Lowood/Fernvale recycled water pipelines.

Local businesses awarded contracts to improve major roads

Premium Content Subscriber only More than $2 million in contracts have been awarded to local Somerset businesses for projects across the region. Businesses based in Moore, Fernvale and Harlin have been awarded the contracts to carry out works. Economic Recovery Subgroup representative Councillor Bob Whalley said more than ever, the region needed to support its local businesses. “These contracts are for supply and delivery of concrete throughout the region and for widening and strengthening the southern part of Lowood Minden Road,” Cr Whalley said. “State and Council funds will directly contribute to jobs growth during the construction period and improve long term safety, traffic flows and productivity on Lowood-Minden Road, which is our busiest local road.”

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